🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#21 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 1–6
🇺🇸Venus Williams
#479 · 45 yrs · Right-Handed
Elise Mertens and Venus Williams have met 3 times since 2017; Venus Williams leads 3–0. Their most recent meeting: Venus Williams won at Rome (2019).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Williams
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 4,452 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
3 career meetings, newest first
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–7 | 0–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.39 | 2.82 |
| ROI % | +49.9% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | +8.48u | -2.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Williams's 0%).
| Opponent | Mertens | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Tatjana Maria | W 75 60 | L 46 36 |
| Karolina Muchova | L 61 36 06 | L 36 62 16 |
Last five matches per player
Naomi Osaka
Bad Homburg WTA ·
Jun 23
Alexandra Eala
Bad Homburg WTA ·
Jun 22
Nikola Bartunkova
Berlin ·
Jun 17
Liudmila Samsonova
Berlin ·
Jun 15
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 11
Bianca Andreescu
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 8
Maja Chwalinska
French Open ·
May 28
Maja Chwalinska
Roland Garros · Round of 64
May 25
Irina Camelia Begu
Bad Homburg WTA ·
Jun 22
Kaitlin Quevedo
Madrid · Round of 128
Apr 21
Francesca Jones
Miami · Round of 128
Mar 17
Diane Parry
Indian Wells · Round of 128
Mar 4
Ajla Tomljanovic
Austin · Round of 32
Feb 23
Olga Danilovic
Australian Open · Round of 128
Jan 19
Tatjana Maria
Hobart · Round of 32
Jan 12
Magda Linette
Auckland · Round of 32
Jan 5
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 11–41 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 9% |
| Sets won | 60% | 23% |
| Games won | 55% | 40% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 2 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
